Village Super Market (VLGEA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Village Super Market, Inc. is a food retailer that operates supermarkets under the ShopRite and Fairway banners. Its stores offer a broad selection of groceries, including fresh produce, meat, seafood, dairy products, bakery items, prepared foods, household supplies and health and beauty products. Many locations also provide services such as pharmacies, catering, online grocery ordering and home delivery.

The company operates ShopRite supermarkets in New Jersey, New York and Maryland, along with Fairway Market stores in the New York City area. Through these banners, Village Super Market serves both suburban and urban communities and emphasizes one-stop grocery shopping, private-label products and locally focused customer service.

Village Super Market traces its history to 1937 and remains associated with the Sumas family, which has played a significant role in the company’s development. Robert P. Sumas serves as chairman and chief executive officer. The company is a member of the Wakefern Food Corporation cooperative, which supplies and supports ShopRite stores operated by independent retail members.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $44.56 to $45.52
• 50-Day Range: $42.66 to $46.11
• 52-Week Range: $30.86 to $48.21
• Volume: 47,005 shs
• Average Volume: 56,954 shs
• Market Capitalization: $660.94 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.57
• Dividend Yield: 2.24%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Village Super Market Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Village Super Market scored higher than 56% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 120th out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Village Super Market has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Village Super Market has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Village Super Market is 12.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Village Super Market is 12.57, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 24.29.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Village Super Market has a P/B Ratio of 1.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.39% of the float of Village Super Market has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Village Super Market has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Village Super Market has recently decreased by 28.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Village Super Market pays a meaningful dividend of 2.19%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Village Super Market does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Village Super Market is 28.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.04

News Sentiment

Village Super Market has a news sentiment score of 1.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Village Super Market this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Village Super Market insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

59.12% of the stock of Village Super Market is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.02% of the stock of Village Super Market is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/22 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/22 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/22/2026
• Today: 10/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 7/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail
• Sub-Industry: Food Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:VLGEA
• CIK: 103595
• Web: www.myvillagesupermarket.com
• Phone: (973) 467-2200
• Fax: 973-467-6582
• Employees: 7,100
• Year Founded: 1937

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.57
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $52.46 million
• Net Margins: 2.18%
• Pretax Margin: 3.06%
• Return on Equity: 10.23%
• Return on Assets: 5.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.12
• Current Ratio: 1.14
• Quick Ratio: 0.87

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: $5.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.48
• Book Value: $35.61 per share
• Price / Book: 1.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 14,806,000
• Free Float: 6,053,000
• Market Cap: $660.94 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.44